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Christian van Nieuwerburgh with some useful advice for those of us about to re-enter lockdown.
Already experiencing pandemic fatigue, many of us feel ill-prepared for another…
Corruption is considered one of the main contributors to Africa’s development challenges, but less is known about the determinants of corruption and why the levels of corruption…
Johannes Urpelainen calls on the winner of the US elections to commit to leading efforts to tackle climate change.
Joe Biden’s climate change and environmental justice plan calls…
Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies by Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky. London: Hurst, 2020. 297 pp., £45 hardcover 9781787382121
Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky’s joint…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
This past year has shown many governments that they are not as resilient as they thought they were when facing global shocks. COVID-19 has especially exposed the fragility of our…
Once the Kremlin is persuaded that Joe Biden will become the US’s next president, it will go for the jugular. Already today, not election manipulation, but triggering civil…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
Don McLain Gill on how Quad members could offer an alternative to China's new South Asian empire.
As China continues to deepen its influence in South Asia, the…
This blog is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access an early view of the full article, please…
Linda Ghirardello and Roland Benedikter argue that the results of Guinea's upcoming election will have ramifications for the whole of West Africa and beyond.
There are…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all more reliant on digital tools for connection and communication;
Dealing with COVID-19 restrictions an physical distancing rules, young…
To understand the response to COVID-19 in Africa we must look beyond actions taken by formal states. The roles played by various public authorities, operating below the national…
“The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are calling for the immediate disembarkation of more than 400 rescued migrants and refugees…
Zhanna Malekos Smith explores Iran's growing space ambitions.
The Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran wrote that “Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” A similar barrier…